“Tidak jarang, mereka yang menghabiskan waktu untuk memberikan cahaya bagi orang lain justru tetap berada dalam kegelapan
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Mother Teresa
“I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no hurt, but only more love.”
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Mother Teresa
“How can there be too many children? That is like saying there are too many flowers."
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Mother Teresa
“Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.”
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Mother Teresa
“We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.”
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Mother Teresa
“If we worry too much about ourselves, we won't have time for others”
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Mother Teresa
“Let us make one point, that we meet each other with a smile, when it is difficult to smile. Smile at each other, make time for each other in your family.”
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Mother Teresa
“Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand.”
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Mother Teresa
“Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.”
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Mother Teresa
“The way you help heal the world is you start with your own family.”
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Mother Teresa
“There should be less talk; a preaching point is not a meeting point.
What do you do then? Take a broom and clean someone's house.
That says enough.”
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Mother Teresa
“I was once asked why I don't participate in anti-war demonstrations. I said that I will never do that, but as soon as you have a pro-peace rally, I'll be there.”
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Mother Teresa
“The first requirement for prayer is silence. People of prayer are people of silence.”
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Mother Teresa